im a complete noob, lots of question...

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Well this is my second time trying to tackle an install. the first time i had a friend that was somewhat into car audio help me and steer me in the right direction. it was just 3 12s and and amp but it was my first time with no prior knowlege of this stuff.

so that leads me to the present. i have been readding as much as i can but i still dont think im knowlegable enough to do this myself. this install will now include...

1 12 JL W6

1 1.5 farad cap

1 4 channel RF amp

1 mono profile amp

1 distibution block

undecided HU

undecided mid speakers

wo im assuming you run the poitive from the battery to the negative on the cap

positive from the cap to negative on the distribution block

then the positive from the ditro block to the negatives on the 2 amps.

thats just what im guessing on for using the cap and distro block. im totally cluless on that stuff.

then my second question is how do i run all the speakers to the RF amp? is it just the RCA cables that hook up to the HU then are ran to the amp and thats all? theres no other wiring that needs to be done?

BTW i have a mercury grand marque that all this is going in. any insight would be greatly appreciated.

 
wo im assuming you run the poitive from the battery to the negative on the cap

positive from the cap to negative on the distribution block

then the positive from the ditro block to the negatives on the 2 amps.
It doesnt make sense that positive goes to positive?

ie positive on bat. to positive on cap to positive to distroblock and than positives to 12v+ input on amps?

 
It doesnt make sense that positive goes to positive?
ie positive on bat. to positive on cap to positive to distroblock and than positives to 12v+ input on amps?
so is this the correct way just for referance?

 
Well i think i already clarified that im a dum nub (dumb noob)//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

But thanks for the reply anywaise. anyone else shed any more light on my concerns?

 
Well i think i already clarified that im a dum nub (dumb noob)//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif
But thanks for the reply anywaise. anyone else shed any more light on my concerns?
considering you said you didnt know much.. when ur using ur distro block make sure when u have 4 gauge into the block (2) 8 gauge come out of it.. oh and fuse everything //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/up2something.gif.dd110ecf3ae4b76050d87598f2f8de7c.gif

 
so the 4 guage i got will go from the battery to the cap, then 4 guage from the cap to distro, then everything after the distro to the amps is 8 guage? jus out of curiousity why do you have to do that. thanks for the help man i really appreciate it. i had no idea about that.

 
because you are basically splitting the voltage... and you want both amps to get equal amounts of power. such as if you did a 1/0 awg you'd split it into two 4 awg, someone correct me if I'm wrong, I know there is a technical answer but for this scenario...

 
that makes sence i guess. but considering i got all the 4 guage wiring for the battery and everything (another free-b) would it really hinder anything running 8 gauge wire to the 2 amps considering one amp will be for the mids and the other amp is just a 500 watt mono amp powering the one w6?

 
ok well i talked to a dude at a CA place and he said i could just slpice my 4AWG wire with a 8AWG for the 4 channel and run the 4 into the sub amp. i bought all new memphis wiring today so i hope i have this project started soon.

 
You should run the positive from the bat to the pos on the cap, neg on the bat to neg on the cap, ground the cap. run pos from the cap to a dist block and then to the two amps. run the remote form the HU to the 4 channel and then from the 4 channel to the mono amp do the same for the RCA's. You should have a stock 4ch. amp in the car already, remove this and wire in the RF 4 ch in it's place. Take the Speaker wires that are currently running into the stock 4ch and trace them back if they are not marked and connect them as per the manual for the RF amp. this will keep you from having to run new wires to the doors which can get a little tricky to make it look good and it usually frustrates most newbs.

Hope all this makes sense. If you need a wiring diagram email me and I will make you one. mmr@knology.net

 
ok sorry to bring this back up again but the system goes in tomarrow. just want to make sure i have this right. the negative from the battery goes to negative on cap then gets grouned. so there is no wire from neg on cap to neg on amp. then on the amp theres a wire from ground on amp to well, a ground... so there will be 2 grounds (im only installing the sub right now so there will be no mid amp)

This should be right, correct? thanks guys.

 
or...

can i run negative from the battery and negative from the amp both to the cap and just ground off the cap? if that works its only 1 ground instead of 2...

 
Step 1: Lose the cap. Do Big Three!

Step 2: Get someone who knows what they are doing to do the install before you ruin your equipment.

Step 3: After they install it, check out what they did, and learn from there. I had my first system professionally installed, and checked out their work. After that, i have always done my own installs. And, to this day (knock on wood), no problems. Good luck!

 
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